Definition of Shuddering

1. Adjective. Shaking convulsively or violently.

Similar to: Unsteady

Definition of Shuddering

1. Verb. (present participle of shudder) ¹

2. Noun. An extended or continuous shudder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shuddering

1. shudder [v] - See also: shudder

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shuddering

shuck down
shucked
shucked and jived
shucker
shuckers
shuckery
shucking
shucking and jiving
shuckings
shucks
shucks and jives
shud
shuddap
shudder
shuddered
shuddering (current term)
shudderingly
shudderings
shudders
shuddery
shuddup
shude
shudes
shudra
shuffle off this mortal coil
shuffle steer
shuffleboard
shuffleboards
shuffled

Literary usage of Shuddering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Edwin Booth, Henry L Hinton (1867)
"... And shuddering lear and green-ey'd jealousy. 0 love I be moderate; allay thy ecstasy; lu measure rain thy joy;' scant this excess- 1 feel too much thy ..."

2. Four Years in Secessia: Adventures Within and Beyond the Union Lines by Junius Henri Browne (1865)
"—shuddering Strangeness of the Past.—The Secretary of War Responsible for the Sacrifice of Ten Thousand Lives. AFTER nine months of confinement, ..."

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